County is preparing for possible bad weather

Thursday

Feb 21, 2013 at 12:32 PMFeb 21, 2013 at 3:26 PM

Davidson County Schools are monitoring the weather forecast for Friday morning.

Davidson County Schools are monitoring the weather forecast for Friday morning. A decision to delay school will be made by 5:15 in the morning. Once a decision is made it is immediately posted on the school system's website at www.davidson.k12.nc.us, the-dispatch.com and other media outlets.The National Weather Service placed the county under a winter weather advisory from 11 p.m. Thursday to 10 a.m. Friday. The weather service is forecasting an 80 percent chance of frozen precipitation beginning at 11 Thursday night.Shawna Cokley, a meteorologist with the NWS, said Davidson County is projected to receive one-half of an inch of frozen precipitation from the wintry event that is projected to begin Thursday night and then end in the late morning hours Friday.With temperatures in the upper 30s, whatever precipitation that falls should not stick Thursday night, Cokley said. However, the low is expected to be 31 degrees early Friday morning, according to the NWS.“We are expecting a (wintry mix) across the county,” Cokley said.Cokley said the wintry mix should change over to rain sometime after 9 a.m. Friday's high is expected to be 36 degrees, so anything that sticks should quickly melt once it changes over to rain, she said.Cokley said there is a potential for traffic to be impacted Friday morning. However, she does not expect widespread difficult conditions.“There could be some slick spots, so people should still exercise caution,” Cokley said of Friday morning's travel conditions.